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Jacksonville police employee arrested in fraud case

A Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office employee in the records department has been arrested after money was attempted to be withdrawn from her dead, estranged father’s account, according to police.

Jennifer Kim Entner, 32, is charged with multiple counts of forgery and uttering of forged documents. She has since resigned, the Sheriff’s Office said.

The investigation began after management at VyStar Credit Union on Normandy Boulevard alerted an off-duty officer working there Saturday that they suspect fraud because Entner had been cashing several personal checks from Gordon Entner mostly for $500.

Entner told investigators she hadn’t seen her father since she was 8 or 9 but received a box in the mail with some of his personal belongings — including unused personal checks — after he died in December. Entner and another family member were behind on rent and other bills.

She was arrested that afternoon. Entner’s 2012 base pay was listed at about $28,250, according to a city salary database. She was listed as a police services technician.

The Sheriff’s Office advised other arrests are possible but not related to other police employees.